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    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by fxny12004, Feb 13, 2010.

  1. fxny12004

    fxny12004 Notebook Geek

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    Im in the process of buying a monitor for my laptop and would would like some help in clarifying some things that arent quite clear for me.

    First off i want to be able to play Bluray movies 1080p and do some light gaming on them so the picture quality in terms of resolution is key for me. Heres the problem: My 1645 has a max res of 1600x900 (16:9) scale, that can obviously output 900p. Ive seen people game on monitors from a laptop with a different(smaller) resolution that have been able to force the video card to support higher resolutions so i wanted to do the same but for movies as well. So my questions are:

    1. Would the scale of the monitor matter or help in any way? In other words would the 24 inch suit my goals better b/c it has a 16:9 aspect ratio?

    2. What is the best possible solution for what i want to be able to do realistically?


    24 Inch 16:9 1920x1200
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...asp?EdpNo=3977547&sku=S203-2420&srkey=t240hd#


    26 Inch 16:10 1920x1200
    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3984239&sku=S203-2520&srkey=t260hd


    Mods plz let me know if i posted in the wrong section :)
     
    fxny12004, Feb 13, 2010
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Both the monitors you've listed are 16:10.
     
    Lithus, Feb 14, 2010
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    blindfoldedhope Notebook Enthusiast

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  4. hitokiri1

    hitokiri1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Both will be fine, The 1645 can handle 1920 x 1200 resolution on an external monitor, blurays will play fine and games will be able to be play with even that extra bit of resolution but it might be taxing on some games to play at full resolution, (no different than with no monitor)
     
    hitokiri1, Feb 14, 2010
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